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Drizztsmanchild
Learned Scribe
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Chosen of Asmodeus
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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 Posted - 06 Oct 2012 : 21:30:21
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Originally posted by Drizztsmanchild
Saw this on another thread and wanted to know if the answer can be found her.
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Threshold-Neverwinter-Saga-Book/dp/0786963646/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349526871&sr=1-10&keywords=ra+salvatore
What or Who is Drizzt fighting?
Tzass Tam
Here's hoping D ends him, or better yet each other in a glorious last battle
Allowing D to die and cross "the last threshold" and be te-united with his true companions. which leads to a book called ironically , The Companions. |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Chosen of Asmodeus
Master of Realmslore
1221 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2012 : 21:56:39
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by Drizztsmanchild
Saw this on another thread and wanted to know if the answer can be found her.
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Threshold-Neverwinter-Saga-Book/dp/0786963646/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349526871&sr=1-10&keywords=ra+salvatore
What or Who is Drizzt fighting?
Tzass Tam
Here's hoping D ends him, or better yet each other in a glorious last battle
Allowing D to die and cross "the last threshold" and be te-united with his true companions. which leads to a book called ironically , The Companions.
Beyond that not being Tam, unless Tam grew a pair of extra heads while I wasn't looking, Drizzt vs Szass Tam wouldn't even be a fight. It would be Drizzt dying horribly.
On second thought, yea, lets do that. |
"Then I saw there was a way to Hell even from the gates of Heaven"
- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress
Fatum Iustum Stultorum. Righteous is the destiny of fools.
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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
826 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 00:03:07
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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by Drizztsmanchild
Saw this on another thread and wanted to know if the answer can be found her.
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Threshold-Neverwinter-Saga-Book/dp/0786963646/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349526871&sr=1-10&keywords=ra+salvatore
What or Who is Drizzt fighting?
Here's hoping D ends him, or better yet each other in a glorious last battle
Allowing D to die and cross "the last threshold" and be te-united with his true companions. which leads to a book called ironically , The Companions.
Beyond that not being Tam, unless Tam grew a pair of extra heads while I wasn't looking, Drizzt vs Szass Tam wouldn't even be a fight. It would be Drizzt dying horribly.
On second thought, yea, lets do that.
Haha yeah. A Szass Tam Drizzt fight would be horrible for Drizzt.
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 00:34:06
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| I'd imagine Threshold is in reference to Drizzt crossing into the plane of shadow and rescuing his best friend. Or he snaps and goes nuts. Maybe both. I'd definitely like to see him slip into Zaknafein mode for a while. :) |
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Lilianviaten
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 02:56:39
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| I wouldn't be surprised if Szass Tam sends his servants after them. He made it clear it Neverwinter that he wants Dahlia brought to him, dead or alive. Also, Valindra is still active, and I doubt she's forgotten about them. Between the Shadovar and the Thayans, Drizzt has earned some enemies who aren't going away anytime soon. Not to mention that the drow are coming to the surface in droves (Rise of the Underdark), and any number of them would love to claim his head. |
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Chosen of Asmodeus
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 03:17:40
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I don't doubt that Valindra's forgotten about them. In Charon's Claw she's been reduced back to a gibbering mess of crazy, and I've heard that Wizards is saving her to be a major antagonist of the Neverwinter MMO coming out next year.
I wouldn't doubt the skull lord being a servant of Tam's, but I would doubt Tam himself taking much of a personal interest in Drizzt- Drizzt is too far below him, and I just don't see any convincing way for that battle to end with Drizzt surviving that wouldn't be incredibly contrived. |
"Then I saw there was a way to Hell even from the gates of Heaven"
- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress
Fatum Iustum Stultorum. Righteous is the destiny of fools.
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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
826 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 03:18:09
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Originally posted by Eilserus
I'd imagine Threshold is in reference to Drizzt crossing into the plane of shadow and rescuing his best friend. Or he snaps and goes nuts. Maybe both. I'd definitely like to see him slip into Zaknafein mode for a while. :)
I suspect Entreri would have a look on his face much like Jarlaxle's when he saw Drizzt chopping those cultists to bloody bits.
The one thing that annoyed me in the last book was Drizzt slipped back into goody two shoes mode, while Art slipped back to pragmatic evil. Both seemed to be slipping towards middle ground before they ran into each other(Art showing mercy and a bit of compassion, Drizzt showing a raw nasty streak)
On another note, it definitely looks like the picture of a skulllord. I do not remember ever reading about them. Which monster manual are they in? I have all of them.
In any case, the level a Monster manual shows can vary. There is a Gnoll that is a demon prince lol. And Szass Tam's surgeons made a heck of a lot of above average monsters in their experiments.
There are a ridiculous amount of enemies arrayed against the trio if they choose to pursue. The Shadovar don't seem to keen on revenge, but if they feel Drizzt is part of something bigger....
Likewise, Szass Tam.
Errtu and the drow of course, are a bit more likely to go afetr him with abandon |
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Chosen of Asmodeus
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 03:24:44
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| They show up in the fourth edition monster manual; I don't recall seeing them in previous editions. And true, monster level can vary(and 4e makes that easier than ever), so it could work. Just a bit of a jump, is all. What is made clear is that skull lords are very rarely their own masters- even when they're acting independently, it's usually so they can return a defeated or destroyed master to (un)life. |
"Then I saw there was a way to Hell even from the gates of Heaven"
- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress
Fatum Iustum Stultorum. Righteous is the destiny of fools.
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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
826 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 04:42:20
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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus
They show up in the fourth edition monster manual; I don't recall seeing them in previous editions. And true, monster level can vary(and 4e makes that easier than ever), so it could work. Just a bit of a jump, is all. What is made clear is that skull lords are very rarely their own masters- even when they're acting independently, it's usually so they can return a defeated or destroyed master to (un)life.
Found it. lol, I noticed right after it that they rearranged the Slaad colors yet again. |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 04:49:13
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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus
Beyond that not being Tam, unless Tam grew a pair of extra heads while I wasn't looking, Drizzt vs Szass Tam wouldn't even be a fight. It would be Drizzt dying horribly.
"Dying"? Oh, yeah.
But "terribly"? Meh, probably not. It would probably be over with in a second, with Tam shrugging it off and then moving on to bigger and better things.
Kinda like <this>. |
"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly."
--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
<"Comprehensive Chronology of R.A. Salvatore Forgotten Realms Works"> |
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Chosen of Asmodeus
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 06:15:59
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Originally posted by BEAST
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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus
Beyond that not being Tam, unless Tam grew a pair of extra heads while I wasn't looking, Drizzt vs Szass Tam wouldn't even be a fight. It would be Drizzt dying horribly.
"Dying"? Oh, yeah.
But "terribly"? Meh, probably not. It would probably be over with in a second, with Tam shrugging it off and then moving on to bigger and better things.
Kinda like <this>.
I don't imagine it would last much longer than that. I just picture Tam's instant death spell on Drizzt would involve his flesh rotting off while he was still alive, or his lungs burning from the inside, or something like that. Tam's a sadist. |
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- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress
Fatum Iustum Stultorum. Righteous is the destiny of fools.
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 06:24:12
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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus
I don't imagine it would last much longer than that. I just picture Tam's instant death spell on Drizzt would involve his flesh rotting off while he was still alive, or his lungs burning from the inside, or something like that. Tam's a sadist.
Raiders of the Lost Ark-style? Think Nazis opening the Ark, at the end of the movie, all melty and gory. |
"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly."
--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
<"Comprehensive Chronology of R.A. Salvatore Forgotten Realms Works"> |
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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 16:32:15
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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus
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Originally posted by BEAST
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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus
Beyond that not being Tam, unless Tam grew a pair of extra heads while I wasn't looking, Drizzt vs Szass Tam wouldn't even be a fight. It would be Drizzt dying horribly.
"Dying"? Oh, yeah.
But "terribly"? Meh, probably not. It would probably be over with in a second, with Tam shrugging it off and then moving on to bigger and better things.
Kinda like <this>.
I don't imagine it would last much longer than that. I just picture Tam's instant death spell on Drizzt would involve his flesh rotting off while he was still alive, or his lungs burning from the inside, or something like that. Tam's a sadist.
Depends. Power word Kill only works if you have less than 200 HP. Many other spells can be resisted. In Drizzt's defense, he probably could resist many spells.
But he can't resist a time stop, transmute earth to Mud, Cloudkill, or a forcecage/cloudkill. Tam probably would not waste a timestop unless he had multiple magical opponents tho. He didn't even use a timestop while fighting 4 Zulkirs at once, and most of them were close to Gromph Baerne/Lichdrow level(not to mention Aoth, Bareris, Mirror and several high level Monster summons helping)
I wonder if he used any of his 3 Wishes from his ring that fight.
In any case, Bambi vs Godzilla is a good approximation haha |
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Chosen of Asmodeus
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 07 Oct 2012 : 18:21:56
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Originally posted by BEAST
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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus
I don't imagine it would last much longer than that. I just picture Tam's instant death spell on Drizzt would involve his flesh rotting off while he was still alive, or his lungs burning from the inside, or something like that. Tam's a sadist.
Raiders of the Lost Ark-style? Think Nazis opening the Ark, at the end of the movie, all melty and gory.
That's roughly what I had pictured, yea. |
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- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress
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Cover of Salvatore's The Last Threshold
